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Patent GB-190521884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering and Braking Mechanisms for Vehicles.
Inventor: METCALF JEFFERSON DAVIS
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 21,884. Metcalf, J. D. Jan. 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brakes.-Consists in a combined steering-pillar and brake-operating gear for motor-cars, the steering being effected by motion of the pillar about its axis, and the brakes being brought into action by motion of the pillar in a vertical plane. The steering-pillar is pivoted on the front axle 2, which itself turns on a vertical pivot 6. The pillar is connected by rods 13 to an horizontal brake beam 11 provided at its ends with shoes 12. To stop the vehicle suddenly, a rod, hinged to the vehicle at the bearings 15, is thrust between the spokes of the rear wheel by the operation of the spring-pressed hand-lever 17.
Patent GB-190523021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Means and Method of Elevating Houses and similar Structures.
Inventor: RUECKGAUER EUGEN
Filed: 1905-11-09
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 23,021. R³ckgauer, E. Nov. 9. Lifting by several tackles supporting load uniformly.-Comprises a method of elevating houses and similar structures by lifting-jacks by which it is rendered unnecessary to support the building temporarily by auxiliary props while the jacks are screwed back and raised until their heads again contact with the building. A grating B immediately underneath the object to be lifted rests on stationary lifting-jacks D, arranged on a foundation grating C, and constructed as described in Specification No. 18,419, A.D. 1901. The building is guided by sliding plates or friction rollers r in guide-frames F. Between the heads of the lifting-jacks and the frame B exchangeable loose struts E of variable size are interposed. The lifting-jacks are worked simultaneously by band or by hydraulic pressure to the end of their stroke, when one of the jacks is screwed back and one of the struts E interposed. Subsequently another jack is screwed back, and so on until struts have been placed upon all the jacks. This operation is repeated with other struts until the building is raised the desired height. The apparatus may be employed in the case of buildings which have subsided.
Patent GB-190526400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Epicyclic Gearing for Motor Vehicles and other Services.
Inventor: HODGSON JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 26,400. Hodgson, J. H., and Tole, O. Dec. 19. Motor road vehicles.- Relates to epicyclic variable-speed and reversing gearing of the type in which pairs of intermeshing planet pinions are employed, and is characterized by the planet carrier being arranged as the driving-element. It is stated to be applicable to motor-cycles, tri-cars, motor road vehicles, &c. Sets of planet-pinions a, Fig. 1, mesh with a sunpinion c and with an annulus l which constitutes the driven element. Sets of planet-pinions b mesh with the pinions a in pairs and with a sun-pinion d attached by a sleeve d<1> to a drum i. The pinion c is attached by a sleeve c<1> to a drum h and a clutch member h<1>. The planet carrier e is secured on one side to a drum g and on the other to a shaft f which carries a clutch member k. A double clutch member j is driven by the engine, and this is in engagement with the member k for all the direct speeds. To obtain a solid drive, the member h<1> is moved also into engagement with the member j. To obtain a reduced speed, the pinion d is held by the drum i. An increased speed is obtained by holding the wheel c by the drum h. In order to reverse, the member k is disengaged from the member j, the member h<1> is engaged, and a brake is applied to the drum g. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the reverse is produced by braking an additional sunwheel a<2> which meshes with small pinions a<1> forming extensions of the pinions b. An adaptation is described for a cycle hub in which a reverse is not required. In this arrangement, the sleeve c<1> may be clutched to the sleeve d' or to a stationary part of the frame, the drum i remaining as a drum. An auxiliary gear, shown on the right of Fig. 1, is used to produce additional speed ratios. By means of a suitable clutch u, either or both of two sunpinions p, q can be clutched to a plate v which extends from the annulus l. One set of intermeshing planet-pinions meshes with the pinion q and with an annulus t; the other set meshes with the pinion p. A solid drive is obtained by clutching both pinions p, q to the plate v. If the wheel q only is clutched and the pinion p is held by a drum x, a reduced speed is imparted to the driven element, the planet carrier y. By braking the annulus t, a further reduction is obtained. Reversal is effected by clutching the pinion p to the plate v and braking the annulus t. In a modified form of auxiliary gear, shown in Fig. 2, the planet carrier y is secured to the annulus l directly. The pinion p upon a shaft p<1> forms the driven element. The pinion q may be held by a drum x or clutched to the shaft p<1> by a clutch p<2>.
Patent GB-190605376-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Disinfector for Flushing Cisterns of Water Closets
Inventor: SUNDERLAND EDWIN
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-03-05
Abstract: 5376. Sunderland, E. March 5. Water-waste preventers fitted with disinfecting- apparatus. As the cistern fills, water rises up the pipe 7 and displaces some of the disinfectant solution, which has been formed by the water left on the surface of the disinfectant 11 after a previous filling, forcing it through holes 10 into a central pipe 8 and thence upon the dished cover 5. The expelled solution n mixes with the water of the cistern and is discharged with it.
Patent GB-190611927-A (GB)
Title: Field-oven for Baking Bread.
Inventor: GAVIN LOUIS
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 11,927. Gavin, L., and Lemaire, F. May 25, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bakers' ovens.-A military field oven for baking bread is divided into three compartments by an upper fixed plate C and pivotally mounted plates B<1>, B" which may be turned into the position shown in dotted lines by levers outside the oven. The oven is enclosed by a double envelope F containing non-conducting incombustible matter. The roof G may be of corrugated sheet metal. To heat the oven, wood is placed upon the floor A, and the plates B', B" are inclined. The gases escape through damper-controlled passages 0 in the upper plate C, and finally through an outlet M in the end wall to the chimney. When the oven is heated, the plates B', B" are turned into the horizontal position and the bread is inserted through doors suitably arranged in the front wall.
Patent GB-190612832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Beer or other Liquids.
Inventor: BETHEL ERNEST
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1907-06-01
Abstract: 12,832. Bethel, E. June 1. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Plug cocks.-In an apparatus for raising liquid, a plug cock is employed having a straight passage 0 and a right - angled passage P. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 11,537, A.D. 1889, and No. 27,589, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190618887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette Machines
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1906-08-23
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 18,887. Fairweather, W., [New York Cigarette Machine Co.]. Aug. 23. Cigarette - making machines.-Relates to a machine which may be used in conjunction with the machine described in Specification No. 18,888, A.D. 1906, for securing portions of cork web to a continuous strip of cigarette paper for the purpose of forming cork - tipped cigarettes. The strip 1 of cigarette paper is fed through the guide 2, Figs. 1 and 2, to the pasting- roller 9, where it receives parallel lines of paste at regular intervals by means of segmental ribs 12 forming part of the periphery of the roller, contact of the paper with the roller itself being prevented by a wire frame 13. Immediately below the roller 9, the paste wheel 15 is mounted in a paste trough 22 and is provided with a scraper 35 to remove the superfluous paste. The paste trough is pivotally mounted at one end 23 and adjustably secured at the other. The paper strip passes under a guideroller 39 to the platen 41, provided with two ribs which bear on the paper between the paste lines, and thence through the cork-supplying means, which is mounted on a reciprocating frame 68. This frame 68 is reciprocated by means of a crank plate 61 driven from the main shaft and having an adjustable crank-pin which engages with a cam block 67 sliding vertically in the frame 68. The cork web 113 is carried by a spool 111 mounted on a frame attached to the frame 68, and is provided with a drag arrangement. The cork web passes through a guide to the grippers 121, which are mounted on a lever 91 attached to the vertically-sliding block 67 and which feed it forwards over a guideway 131 and guide-roller 134 through a trough 137, having an opening 138 through which the feed-rollers 102, 104 project, to the continuous strip of cigarette paper. The grippers 121 are so mounted that they carry the web with them on their forward stroke and release it on their return stroke, while the feed-rollers 102, 104 are operated from the same lever 91 by means of a ratchet and pawl, Fig. 11. The cork web is pressed on to the cigarette paper between a platen 84 attached to the frame 68 and provided with a knife and a clamp 75 having a corresponding knife 77 and sliding vertically in a guide-bracket 83. This clamp is operated by a bell-crank lever from a cam-groove 69 of the shape shown in Fig. 10 cut in the vertically-sliding camblock 67. The clamp 75 is provided with a rubber cushion 80 on which rests a thin steel plate 80<a>, Fig. 12. The knives sever the cork web at the termination of the feed.
Patent GB-190620680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Antiseptic Compounds.
Inventor: HOUGHTON ALEXIS CHARLES
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 20,680. Houghton, A. C. Sept. 25, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Antiseptics.-A crystalline body, having strong antiseptic properties, is precipitated on adding succinic anhydride to aqueous benzoic peracid, C6H5.CO.O.OH. It is soluble in acetone, acetic ether, chloroform, alcohol, benzene, and ethyl ether, and is insoluble in ligroin. Its melting- point is 96-98‹ C. The body is termed benzoylsuccinyl-peroxide, and is stated to possess the following formula :
Patent GB-190621086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying Oil
Inventor: KOCK ALFRED
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 21,086. Kock, A. Sept. 22. Decanting and settling; straining liquids.-Apparatus for purifying oil, specially suitable for use in connexion with marine engines, consists of a vessel having double walls connected by radial partitions so as to form compartments 8, 12, &c., surrounding a central chamber 1. A funnel is suspended from the edge of the latter. Oil supplied to the funnel passes through the sieve 5 and down the pipe 27. Impurities settle in the chamber 1, and the oil passes through the sieve 10 and overflows through one or more pipes 7 to the bottom of the chamber 8. Similarly it overflows from the chamber 8 through a pipe or pipes 11, and so on through the several annular chambers. An air - escape pipe 13 is connected with the pipe 27. The apparatus is provided with lateral pins so that it may be :rotatably fixed in a ring which may itself be rotatably suspended.
Patent GB-190627488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Heaters for Liquids.
Inventor: POESCHL ALBERT
Filed: 1906-12-03
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 27,488. P÷schl, A. Dec. 3. Heating liquids -Portable apparatus for immersion in the liquid to be heated consists of a cylindrical casing a, Fig. 1, closed at the bottom and fitted with an oil or spirit lamp b. Air is supplied to the burners through a central tube e with h apertures l. Fig. 2 shows the casing a with a central partition g, forming passages for the air and heated pro. ducts. The passage for the latter is fitted with an extension h.
Patent GB-190701425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: ROSS GEORGE DOW
Filed: 1907-01-19
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 1425. Ross, G. D. Jan. 19. Spring wheels.-Relates to wheels with tracks such as described in Specification No. 26,053, A.D. 1906, in which a pneumatictyred wheel is surrounded by an outer loose rim or t r a c k, and consists in means for driving the outer rim. The wooden rim g, Fig. 1, is concave on its inner periphery and is fitted with a metal band hand tyre i. Secured to each side are shield rings j, j<1>, separated slightly from the inner rim d. One ring is connected by spokes k to an inner ring l secured to a sprocketwheel working between rings o secured on the axle box and fitted with adjustable ball bearings n. The sprocket is driven by a chain p, Fig. 2. The tension of the chain is automatically adjusted by a device comprising a spindle q, which carries pulleys r and is supported in a bracket s ; a spring u is held between a nut t on the spindle and the bracket. The rim may be driven by other well-known gear.
Patent GB-190701702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Horseshoe Pads
Inventor: CROSS WALTER
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 1702. Cross, W., and Teagle, H. G. Jan. 22. Treads; hoof-pads.-A pad b is formed with one or more transverse slots through which wedgeshaped plates d<1> pass for securing the pad to the shoe The plates are formed with tapering projections d adapted to engage in corresponding slots c on the inner or outer edges of the horseshoe a. Instead of wedge-plates d<1>, one of the plates may be divided, and the outer plate, when driven between the divided plate, causes the parts to expand and become wedged in the slot in the pad b.
Patent GB-190702378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Building or Decorative Blocks or Material.
Inventor: LEE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 2378. Lee, A. Jan. 30. Facing-blocks.- Marble, granite, &c. slabs a, recessed at a<2> or otherwise adapted to key with the concrete &c. b, are arranged singly or in number on one or more sides of the block during moulding so as to form part of it.
Patent GB-190702873-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Bending Wire into Links and the like.
Inventor: LANDREY JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 2873. Landrey, J. W., and Brown, L. Feb. 5. Piles.-Relates to an apparatus for use in bending and twisting wire into links, Fig. 7, such as are used in ferro-concrete piles. The wire is bent by hand round heads J, k secured in a slot B in a base-plate A, and the ends are twisted together by a cranked lever P having holes R to engage the wire. A lever M having a lip fitting in a recess under the wire in one of the heads is used to lift the link from the form.
Patent GB-190705016-A (GB)
Title: New Textile Products Obtained with Cotton or other Celluloses Treated in the Form of Fibres, Yarns or Fabrics
Inventor: CROSS CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-03-01
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 5016. Cross, C. F., and Briggs, J. F. March 1. Cellulose acetates.-Cotton or other cellulose in the form of fibres, yarns, or fabrics is modified so as to resist the action of direct cotton dye-stuffs and of mercerizing-agents, by treatment with acetylating-agents, which convert it into lower acetyl derivatives without appreciably altering its textile qualities. A mixture of acetic anhydride and a saline condensing-agent, such as zinc chloride, which does not appreciably injure the fibre is used, and it may be diluted with glacial acetic acid. Zinc oxide or acetate and acetyl chloride may be used instead of zinc chloride, the degree of acetylation and gain in weight of the cellulose being regulated by varying the quantity and dilution of the mixture used. After saturation with the reagent, the cellulose is placed for some time in a thermostat registering 35-40‹ C., and is then washed. The hanks of yarn or fabric may be stretched during acetylation and washing or during the latter only, to prevent shrinkage. A hard, nearly waterproof product is obtained by increasing the quantity or concentration of the reagents. These lower acetylated products are insoluble in chloroform, nitrobenzene, and acetic acid.
Patent GB-190705467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Straw Bruising Apparatus.
Inventor: STINTON EDWIN
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 5467. Stinton, E. March 7. Straw, softening.-A straw-bruising cylinder consists of four or more disks N, Fig. 1, connected by longitudinal angle-irons M carrying teeth K, which are riveted together in groups of seven with distance-pieces U, Fig. 3, between them so as to form a series of combs. The bolts V, securing the combs of teeth to the base M, pass between the pieces U and wires W. The spaces between the rows of teeth are closed by curved plates P secured to the disks N by studs Q and nuts R situated in recessed members S. The cylinder is constructed with preferably six rows of teeth, which work between four or more rows of similar teeth on the concave.
Patent GB-190706409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electric Lighting of Railway and other Vehicles.
Filed: 1907-03-16
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 6409. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Honner, J. March 16. Lighting, systems of.-In a lighting- system for trains, a generator is provided on the locomotive and accumulators on the cars, so arranged that only one of these sources can supply the lamps at one time, and means are provided for automatically opening the lamp circuit when the accumulators are being charged. When the accumulator b supplies current to the lamps c<1>, the circuit is closed through a contact 7, switch e, contacts 8, 1, switch d, contact 2, lamps c', line a, and back to accumulator t. If the switch g is closed, the circuit of the generator is closed through a contact 6, switch e, contacts 5, 3, and a solenoid to a point 11, which is permanently connected to the negative main a. The solenoid being thus energized, the switch d will be raised, cutting out the accumulator b and supplying the lamps c' from the main a' through the circuit comprising the contact 6, switch e, contacts 5, 3, switch d, contacts 4, 2, and lamps c<1>, while a second set of lamps may also be lighted if the switch h is closed. When it is desired to charge the accumulator b from the mains a, a, the voltage of the generator is raised, which energizes the magnet i and so attracts the armature k, thereby causing the arm l to complete the circuit of the solenoid e<1>. The switch e is then raised, cutting out the lamps and completing the circuit of the accumulator through a switch g, contact 6, contact 10, switch e, contacts 9, 7, and accumulator b, Fig. 3. The armature k may be provided with a handle to close the circuit of the solenoid e', and the accumulators may be charged from any external source. A flexible spring coupling is provided between each carriage, with a switch at each end so that the circuit may be opened before the couplings are unloosened.
Patent GB-190706665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Domestic Fireplaces.
Inventor: GIBSON WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 6665. Gibson, W. J. March 20. Grates and fuel-holders; heat radiators; ash-pits. -The ashes fall from the grate upon sloping heatradiating surfaces, which discharge them to the ash-pan or ash-pit. The surfaces are formed in the upper part of the ash-pit, or by fire-blocks placed in the lower angles of an ordinary fire-place fitted with a fuel-economizing false bottom. In the range grate shown in Fig. 1, only the sides D of the ash-pit are inclined. They are corrugated, and discharge the ashes to the pan H. The grate C is trough-shaped, and slopes downwards from front to back. The ash-pit shown in Fig. 3 has smooth sloping sides and back, and a trough-like ashreceiver G. Fig. 5 shows an ordinary fire-place with a \/-shaped false bottom K and fire-bricks D, down which the ashes slide and pass through the grate bottom C to the ash-pit. The inclined surfaces, which may be curved if basket-like grates are used, radiate the heat back to the fire &c.
Patent GB-190706776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: HEWER ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 6776. Hewer, A. March 21. Impact-wheels; elastic-fluid turbines.-Impactwheels and parallel-flow turbines are made reversible by providing them with pivoted double blades having one blade-wing for forward driving and a second blade-wing for reversed driving. The impact-wheel has double winged blades A, B, Fig. 1, mounted on spindles 5. Similar blades are arranged inside the casing, and the spindles of both sets are connected by cranks 6 and links 7 outside the casing. A reversing-lever 14 is connected to the stator blade links, and also actuates a sliding bar 12 carrying tappets 10, 11 adapted to contact with either end of cams 9 mounted on some of the rotor blade spindles. By moving the reversing-lever, both sets of blades are simultaneously rocked so that either the blade-wings A or the blade-wings B are brought into the operative position, Recesses 3, Fig. 4, may be formed in the rim of the wheel to receive the inactive blades. A parallelflow turbine has reversely curved blade-wings A, B, Fig. 11, the inoperative blade-wing being screened by ribs 19 on the stator or rotor. The turbine may have two oppositely running rotors.
Patent GB-190708222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Typewriting.
Inventor: WISE HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 8222. Wise, H. April 9. Typewriters.-A typewriter is provided with a special key and type-bar for printing an arbitrary capitalizing-sign 10 in the margin of the space for a small letter 11. The special key effects spacing before impression, in order to dispense with the use of the space-bar when capitalizing.
Patent GB-190708742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Controllers or Switches.
Inventor: OPPERMANN CARL TUNSTILL JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-04-15
Abstract: 8742. Oppermann, C. T. J. April 15. Switches. - T h e contact - pieces of an electric controller are attached to or are integral with the arms of separate bosses or eyes, insulated from the controller spindle and from one another. The bosses E, the arms D of which carry the contact-pieces C, are insulated from the hollow spindle A of the controller by the fibre rings F, and from each other by the fibre distance-pieces G. The various parts are held between the nut B and the shoulder a on the controller spindle, and are finally locked in position by an external key H of insulating-material, which engages in recesses in the bosses E.
Patent GB-190711961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Boilers and the like.
Inventor: WARDZINSKI ANTON
Filed: 1907-05-23
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 11,961. Wardzinski, A. May 23. Smoke-consuming; baffles; heat-storing fittings in flues.-In a steam-boiler or like furnace, a truncated cone c of refractory material having a central hole d for the passage of gases is arranged behind the firebridge b, and a solid cone f is arranged behind the cone c. A passage h in the fire-bridge, controlled by a damper i operated by the fire-door, allows air from the ash-pit to come in contact with the furnace gases with which it is mixed by ribs e on the cone c before escaping through the hole d. More than two cones may be employed, and more than one may be provided with a central hole.